Randomness Guide to London - Differences between Version 11 and Version 3 of Tai Tip Mein, SE1 6TE
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| Tai Tip Mein was a noodle bar and all you can eat Chinese buffet at [[Locale Elephant And Castle|Elephant and Castle]]. It was forced to close in September 2020 due to the impending demolition of the shopping centre, and [https://london.eater.com/2020/9/24/21453939/elephant-and-castle-shopping-centre-demolished-delancey according to Eater London] as of that date did not yet have new premises lined up. |
This is a noodle bar and all you can eat Chinese buffet at [[Locale:Elephant And Castle|Elephant and Castle]]. It is just outside the shopping centre on the southern roundabout, next to the bus stops which are near the Northern Line station. |
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<div class="old_info"> This is a noodle bar and all you can eat Chinese buffet at [[Locale Elephant And Castle|Elephant and Castle]]. It is just outside the shopping centre on the southern roundabout, next to the bus stops which are near the Northern Line station. |
[[secretlondon]] went to the buffet in September 2008. It was a Saturday so it was £10.50, and 80p for Chinese tea. According to signs it is cheaper on Sundays, lunchtimes and Monday to Thursday. Takeaway containers are also £5. They are licenced. |
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[[secretlondon]] went to the buffet in September 2008. It was a Saturday so it was £10.50, and 80p for Chinese tea. According to signs it is cheaper on Sundays, lunchtimes and Monday to Thursday. Takeaway containers are also £5. They are licenced. |
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[[secretlondon]] visited again one weekday evening in January 2009. It was about £8.50 for the buffet and £1 for Chinese tea. They are also licenced and have free tap water on the bar. The food was as good as before (but with less seafood) and the toilets were still awful. |
Accessibility: Stairs to get in, stairs to get to the buffet on the lower floor, and more stairs to the toilets. There is a separate toilet marked disabled but it is still up and down stairs, and had a padlock on [[secretlondon]]'s visit. |
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Accessibility: Stairs to get in, stairs to get to the buffet on the lower floor, and more stairs to the toilets. There is a separate toilet marked disabled but it is still up and down stairs, and had a padlock on [[secretlondon]]'s visit. There appears to be an entrance to the buffet level from the ground floor area around the shopping centre. This wouldn't give you access to the toilets but you could get into the buffet. <div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[secretlondon]], January 2009.</div> </div> address='15 Elephant and Castle, SE1 6TE' category='Now Closed' edit_type='Normal edit' |
last visited by [[secretlondon]], September 2008. address='15 Elephant and Castle' category='All You Can Eat,Buffet,Chinese Food' edit_type='Minor tidying' |
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opening_hours_text='' phone='' postcode='' summary='All you can eat Chinese buffet at Elephant and Castle' summary='Now closed; was an all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet at Elephant and Castle.' |
opening_hours_text='Mon-Sun 11.30am-11pm' phone='020 7701 1628 (noodle bar), 020 7701 6788 (buffet)' postcode='SE1 6TE' summary='All you can eat Chinese buffet at Elephant and Castle' summary='Now closed; was an all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet at Elephant and Castle.' |
This is a noodle bar and all you can eat Chinese buffet at Elephant and Castle. It is just outside the shopping centre on the southern roundabout, next to the bus stops which are near the Northern Line station.
secretlondon went to the buffet in September 2008. It was a Saturday so it was £10.50, and 80p for Chinese tea. According to signs it is cheaper on Sundays, lunchtimes and Monday to Thursday. Takeaway containers are also £5. They are licenced.
There were about 40 different things to choose from, including duck (with pancakes, hoisin sauce and salad). There was quite a good selection of seafood including mussels and salmon. A separate table has cold desserts and fruit.
It wasn't so good for vegetarians as there were no tofu dishes and the vegetable dishes seemed to be more like sides. A vegetarian could eat here, but not as well as a meat eater.
The food was fine and wide ranging. Even paying peak prices it was still clearly good value.
The toilets were not very good though. There were only two female cubicles, the one secretlondon went into had an unscrewed toilet seat, a full to overflowing bin and was blocked by a large amount of popcorn (?). I can understand that Saturday is busy but there is no excuse for a loose toilet seat.
Accessibility: Stairs to get in, stairs to get to the buffet on the lower floor, and more stairs to the toilets. There is a separate toilet marked disabled but it is still up and down stairs, and had a padlock on secretlondon's visit.
last visited by secretlondon, September 2008.
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